Language Change

Bybee, J. L. (2015). Language Change. Cambridge University Press. Usage-based approach to semantic change; emphasizes frequency, analogy, and reanalysis as mechanisms; connects micro-level usage patterns to macro-level language evolution. CROSS-DP-22.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2015

Link

https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139096768matched

Cited from

linguistics_semiotics

Cited by

3 citations across 3 artifacts.

Primes

• Polysemy
  • Not semantic shift (#316) — shift is the diachronic process of meaning change over time; polysemy is the synchronic state often produced when shift is incomplete (old sense survives alongside new)

Domain-specific

• Semantic Narrowing and Widening
  • Analysts can ask of any shift in a term's usage: is this term becoming more specialized or more generic? The answer carries practical implications
• Semantic Shift
  • Listed in the references but not attached to a specific claim.

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